About the Authors

Sabyasachi Sautya

sabya_aqua@rediffmail.com

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, India

Baban Ingole

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, India

Durbar Ray

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, India

Sabine Stöhr

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Kiranmai Samudrala

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, India

K. A. Kamesh Raju

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, India

Abhay Mudholkar

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Sautya DR KAK AM. Performed the experiments: S. Sautya DR KS. Analyzed the data: S. Sautya DR S. Stöhr KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Sautya BI DR S. Stöhr KS KAK. Wrote the paper: S. Sautya DR S. Stöhr.